﻿Arubu, 
  Curacao, 
  and 
  Bonaire. 
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  specifically, 
  tnore 
  Americanorum. 
  The 
  Mexican 
  j.ale 
  form, 
  

   however, 
  is 
  quite 
  distinct, 
  and 
  the 
  rich-coloured 
  birds 
  from 
  

   Porto 
  Rico 
  deserve 
  attention. 
  The 
  latter 
  correspond 
  with 
  

   llidgway's 
  description 
  of 
  C. 
  passerina 
  socorrensis, 
  but 
  are 
  

   probably 
  distinct 
  from 
  it. 
  The 
  form 
  from 
  Grand 
  Cayman 
  

   described 
  as 
  C. 
  passerina 
  insularis 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   the 
  true 
  typical 
  Jamaican 
  C. 
  iiasser'ina. 
  My 
  pale 
  birds 
  from 
  

   Curasao 
  are 
  in 
  colour 
  nearest 
  to 
  the 
  Mexican 
  bird, 
  but 
  the 
  

   wings 
  are 
  a 
  little 
  shorter, 
  the 
  colour 
  still 
  a 
  trifle 
  paler, 
  and 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  bill 
  yellow, 
  instead 
  of 
  red, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   in 
  C 
  passerina 
  pallescens 
  from 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  South-American 
  examples 
  of 
  C. 
  passerina 
  seem 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  true 
  Jamaican 
  C. 
  passerina, 
  

   althuugh 
  extremely 
  variable. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  course 
  safer, 
  to 
  avoid 
  

   mistakes, 
  to 
  unite 
  all 
  the 
  forms 
  together, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  to 
  do 
  this. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  Barbadian 
  specimens, 
  on 
  

   which 
  Bonaparte's 
  name 
  C. 
  trochila 
  (Consp. 
  Avium, 
  ii. 
  p. 
  6) 
  

   was 
  based. 
  

  

  The 
  Ground-Dove 
  of 
  Cura9ao 
  and 
  its 
  sister 
  islands 
  has 
  the 
  

   bill 
  " 
  deep 
  brown 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  pale 
  orange- 
  

   yellow 
  or 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  near 
  the 
  nostrils 
  light 
  yellow. 
  Iris 
  

   lilac 
  and 
  red. 
  Naked 
  ring 
  round 
  the 
  eye 
  light 
  yellow. 
  Feet 
  

   light 
  flesh-colour.''' 
  Wing 
  3'05 
  to 
  3*15 
  inches. 
  

  

  This 
  Dove 
  is 
  extremely 
  common 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  three 
  islands, 
  

   and 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  '' 
  Tartolica" 
  The 
  nest 
  is 
  placed 
  in 
  bushes 
  

   and 
  trees, 
  but 
  mostly 
  on 
  the 
  prickly 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Opuntia 
  

   or 
  Cereus. 
  It 
  contains 
  two 
  eggs. 
  I 
  found 
  two 
  bi'oods, 
  and 
  

   I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  breed 
  in 
  every 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  

   year. 
  The 
  eggs 
  are 
  of 
  an 
  elliptical 
  ovate 
  and 
  elliptical 
  

   oval 
  form, 
  varying 
  into 
  elongate 
  ovate, 
  occasionally 
  ovate, 
  

   and 
  even 
  nearly 
  fusiform; 
  they 
  measure 
  19*6 
  x 
  15, 
  20 
  x 
  17, 
  

   21 
  X 
  17 
  to 
  22 
  X 
  16, 
  22 
  x 
  17, 
  23 
  x 
  17, 
  235 
  x 
  157, 
  23 
  6 
  x 
  165 
  

   to 
  23 
  X 
  17-5 
  mm. 
  

   •+- 
  21. 
  Leptoptila 
  verreauxi, 
  Bp. 
  

  

  Appears 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  rare. 
  I 
  saw 
  it 
  only 
  once 
  in 
  Aruba. 
  

  

  -4-22. 
  EUPSYCHORTYX 
  CRISTATUS 
  (L.). 
  

  

  Eupsychortyx 
  youldi, 
  Berl. 
  J. 
  f. 
  O. 
  1892, 
  p. 
  100 
  in 
  the 
  

   text 
  (Cura5ao). 
  

  

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